Archive for August 29th, 2011

Soaring food prices caused by ethanol production – funded by Gore – are killing poor black people Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Monday, August 29, 2011 Al Gore is now so desperate to “win the conversation,” or in other words ‘silence the dissent’ surrounding global warming that he is now equating those who question... »

In handing Libya to Al Qaeda, the line has been forever crossed Tony Cartalucci Land Destroyer Monday, August 29, 2011 First – let’s not labor under any delusions. Obama, Cameron, and Sarkozy are heads of state in name only. It is the depravity and megalomania amongst the banks, corporations, and the institutions they have... »

By Joby Warrick WashingtonPost.com In 2008, a secret State Department cable warned of a growing chemical weapons threat from a Middle Eastern country whose autocratic leader had a long history of stirring up trouble in the region. The leader, noted for his “support for terrorist organizations,” was attempting to buy technology from other countries... »

Truthdig.com In 2008, the 10 biggest U.S. banks and brokerage firms took $829 billion in emergency loans from the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve. Who got what had been a secret, but thanks to months of litigation, an act of Congress and the work of numerous reporters, we now know. Morgan Stanley, the... »

By Satyajit Das Ritholz.com In Crosstown Traffic, Jimi Hendrix sang: “can’t you see my signals turn from green to red / And with you I can see a traffic jam straight up ahead.” In global financial markets, the signals have changed from green to red. But rather than a simple traffic jam, a full... »

BY CHRIS PUPLAVA FinancialSense.com Up until August, this year had been fairly dull as the S&P 500 was in a trading range somewhere between 1250 and 1350. July ended near the upper end of that range and by August 2nd we were once again testing the lower 1250 level. Over the following week the... »

EndOfTheAmericanDream.com What in the world is happening to America? In more normal times it would be easy to dismiss Hurricane Irene as an isolated incident, but so far this year we have had some sort of a “major disaster” almost every single month. In addition to Hurricane Irene, this year we have also had... »

by Eric Margolis LewRockwell.com The mighty US Navy won’t say so publicly, but it’s increasingly worried by China’s development of new anti-ship missiles. The chief worry is China’s new DF-21D whose primary target is America’s huge aircraft carriers. According to Chinese sources, the DF-21D anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) has recently become operational in limited... »

Another world is possible… by Justin Raimondo LewRockwell.com I really feel sorry for Katharine Mangu-Ward: she walked into a hornet’s nest when she appeared on Fox News the other day and disparaged Ron Paul – or, rather, mocked his chances of winning the GOP presidential nomination. She might have thought she was merely expressing... »

by Becky Akers LewRockwell.com As Hurricane Irene threatened the East Coast, Merriam-Webster announced the addition of 150 new words to its dictionary. Among them was “helicopter parent” to describe anyone “overly involved” in his child’s life. If the definition doesn’t already include a notation, “See also Big Daddy Government,” it should. Busybodies and morons... »